Life Is Beautiful (Collector's Edition) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Conjuring keys and hats out of thin air, Guido (Roberto Benigni), a clever Jewish-Italian waiter, successfully courts Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a beautiful local woman, in Fascist pre-WWII Italy. His life, however, is turned upside down a few years later when he, Dora, and their young son, Giosué (Giorgio Cantarini), are sent to a Nazi concentration camp. Refusing to give up hope, Guido tries to protect his son's innocence by pretending that their imprisonment is just an elaborate game, with the grand prize being a tank. For years the box-office champ in Italy and the country's most beloved slapstick comic, the Chaplinesque Benigni took a huge risk with LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. Many people worried that the film would be as offensive as plopping a cartoon character in Auschwitz. (A similar work--THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED, a Jerry Lewis film about a comedian in a concentration camp--turned out to be a disaster two decades earlier.) Although LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL did provoke some controversy, many people found the film to be a poignant, tragicomic story that profoundly reaffirmed the humanity of concentration camp victims. The film became the highest grossing foreign language film in the U.S. and established Benigni as an international star.

"...[A] magnificent film....Real emotional strength..." - Colin, MacCabe (Sight And Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 02/1999

"...[Benigni] succeeds, to an extraordinary degree, in reviving the neo-Technicolor lushness and affectionate screwball rhythms of postwar Hollywood....A delicate romance spiked with antifascist farce..." - Owen, Gleiberman (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 11/06/1998

"...[Benigni] puts a serious spin on his comic genius..." - Glenn, Kenny (Premiere/Entertainment Weekly Critic), Premiere, 10/01/1998

"...Mr. Benigni effectively creates a situation in which comedy is courage. And he draws from this an unpretentious, enormously likable film that plays with history both seriously and mischievously..." - Janet, Maslin (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 10/23/1998

"...[The film] explores the power of laughter to lift the human spirit even in the face of extreme tragedy..." - Lael, Loewenstein (Film Critic), Box Office, 07/01/1998

"...[Benigni is] one of the world's most irresistibly funny people. A mischief-maker percolating with infectious energy and a machine-gun verbal style, he blends an Everyman aura with the ability to infuse his characters with believable innocence..." - Kenneth, Turan (Los Angeles Times Critic), Los Angeles Times, 10/23/1998

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Artist Name(s):	Robby Müller (Actor) | Sergio Bini Bustric (Actor) | Marisa Paredes (Actor) | Horst Bucholz (Actor) | Giorgio Cantarini (Actor) | Lydia Alfonsi (Actor) | Guistino Durano (Actor) | Roberto Benigni (Actor) | Mario Cotone Robby Müller (Actor) | Sergio Bini Bustric (Actor) | Marisa Paredes (Actor) | Horst Bucholz (Actor) | Giorgio Cantarini (Actor) | Lydia Alfonsi (Actor) | Guistino Durano (Actor) | 羅伯托貝尼尼 (Actor) | Mario Cotone Robby Müller (Actor) | Sergio Bini Bustric (Actor) | Marisa Paredes (Actor) | Horst Bucholz (Actor) | Giorgio Cantarini (Actor) | Lydia Alfonsi (Actor) | Guistino Durano (Actor) | 罗伯托贝尼尼 (Actor) | Mario Cotone Robby Müller (Actor) | Sergio Bini Bustric (Actor) | Marisa Paredes (Actor) | Horst Bucholz (Actor) | Giorgio Cantarini (Actor) | Lydia Alfonsi (Actor) | Guistino Durano (Actor) | ロベルト・ベニーニ (Actor) | Mario Cotone Robby Müller (Actor) | Sergio Bini Bustric (Actor) | Marisa Paredes (Actor) | Horst Bucholz (Actor) | Giorgio Cantarini (Actor) | Lydia Alfonsi (Actor) | Guistino Durano (Actor) | Roberto Benigni (Actor) | Mario Cotone
Director:	Roberto Benigni 羅伯托貝尼尼 罗伯托贝尼尼 ロベルト・ベニーニ Roberto Benigni
Producer:	Gianluigi Braschi | Frederick von Thun Gianluigi Braschi | Frederick von Thun Gianluigi Braschi | Frederick von Thun Gianluigi Braschi | Frederick von Thun Gianluigi Braschi | Frederick von Thun
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Release Date:	1999-11-09
UPC Code:	717951003089
Language:	English, Italian
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	Italy
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	Letterboxed
Color Information:	Color
Sound Information:	Dolby Digital 5.1
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	PG-13 (MPAA)
Publisher:	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	117 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004354516

Director: Roberto Benigni

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby 5.1 Digital - Italian
Dolby 5.1 Digital - English
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Bonus Featurette - 1. Making Life Beautiful
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot